theoretical classroom discussion. of course there was a checklist, a protocol but we d never done it. so we had one chance to get right something we d never anticipated, never specifically trained for and being in the open ocean would be a much more challenging situation. but over water in general, it s feature lester rain where depth perception is inherently difficult. you re descending without engine thrust much steeper and rapidly than for a normal approach to a landing where you have thrust to make a more gradual approach. it would be a very challenging thing to do. but it s theoretically possible. theoretically possible. let s remember. it is called the miracle on the hudson. what he did was essentially miraculous but is this even reasonable for them? i even wonder about the damage of putting out a theory like this. i had been talking about that theory with that same interview with sully that i felt that it was as well because the fact that the only thing we knew we had at the